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R. FLOCKE.

. SIDE CATCH FOR BAG AND SATGHEL FRAMES; No. 303,716. Patented Aug. 19, 1884.

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UNITED STATES PATENT @FFICE.

ROBERT FLOCKE, OF NEW'ARK, NE\V JERSEY.

SIDE CATCH FOR BAG AND SATCHEL FR AMES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 303,716, dated August 19 1884.

Application filed February 2, 1884.

tion of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification. V

This invention relates to certain improvements in that class of fastenings for travelingbags having two arms arranged at the ends of a rock-shaft, adapted to hold the sections of the bag-frame together therebetween, said shaft having a spring bearing thereon to hold the arms into either a locked or anunlocked position. I-Ieretofore,in the fastenin gs referred to, the said shaft had angular stops or projecting flanged collars formed on the shaft at each side of the spring, which limited the movement of the said shaft, allowing the same areciprocating movement only from a'locked to an unlocked position, and vice versa, and preventing a free or continuous revolution of the shaft and the arms thereon. By this construction itbecame necessary, to gain a uniform movement found objectionable, in that it necessitates an increased expense in manufacture, compels those handling the goods to keep a larger stock, and is oftentimes the occasion of mistakes and consequent delays in applying the device to the bag. These objections it is the obj cot of this invention to overcome.

The invention consists in the arrangements and combinations of parts, substantially as will be hereinafter set forth, and finally embodied in the clauses of the claim.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, in which similar letters of reference indicate like parts in each of the figures, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a portion of a bag or satchel frame having my improved side catch thereon. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of the fastener or side catch. Fig. 3 is a plan of a spring employed in said side catch, and Fig.

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4 is a perspective view of a pivotal piece adapted to hold the jaws of the frame together. 5 5

In carrying out the invention I form a box,

a, adapted to be arranged andsecured on the frame I) at each side of the lock or on the vertical portion a thereof, as in the ordinary manner. Said box is hollowed out on the under side to receive a spring, 0, which bears on the bagframe and against a pivotal portion,

0. The box is also notched at each side thereof in the usual way, as at d, to form bearings for the pivotal piece or rock-shaft c, in which said pivotal piece works, being adapted to be turned down to hold the jaws together, or upward to free said jaws. Said pivotal piece is free to make a complete revolution in its bearin a catching relation to the fraine, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, or in a right or left upwardly-projecting position, as indicated in dotted outline in Fig. 1. The spring holds the ears in said position, so that considerable power is required to cause the projections to change 8 5 their relations to the said spring, as will'be understood.

I do not wish to be understood as limiting myself to a bar, 0, havingprojections upon it, inasmuch as a plain round bar might be enr o ployed, the friction of the spring alone serving to hold the ears in position. The action of the spring tends to prevent the pivotal piece from rubbing the inner jaw of the frame when being opened by holding the ears of said piv- 5 otal piece considerably above the upper line of said inner jaw, as will be understood.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new is The improved spring catch or fastener for a to bag-frame, the same consisting of a box, a,

having therein a spring, 0, and apivotal shaft,

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I I have hereunto set my hand this 80th day of January, 1884.

ROBERT FLOOKE.

Vitnesses:

OLIVER DRAKE, EDWARD G. KEMPF. 

